Reflected Sentence Examples

She was in her mid-teens with a silver A charm on her necklace that reflected the yellow street light.

The forest has never so good a setting, nor is so distinctly beautiful, as when seen from the middle of a small lake amid hills which rise from the water's edge; for the water in which it is reflected not only makes the best foreground in such a case, but, with its winding shore, the most natural and agreeable boundary to it.

All intelligence seems reflected in them.

Gerald's eyes reflected humor and his breath came out in a sudden rush that barely resembled a laugh.

His eyes reflected humor that didn't reach his mouth.

An abandoned factory was before them, the gates on it locked while the surrounding buildings reflected the same rundown condition.

Brewer, in his elaborate prefaces to the Letters and Papers (reissued as his History of the Reign of Henry VIII.), originated modern admiration for Wolsey; and his views are reflected in Creighton's Wolsey in the "Twelve English Statesmen" series, and in Dr Gairdner's careful articles in the Dict.

It is a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs; no storms, no dust, can dim its surface ever fresh;--a mirror in which all impurity presented to it sinks, swept and dusted by the sun's hazy brush--this the light dust-cloth--which retains no breath that is breathed on it, but sends its own to float as clouds high above its surface, and be reflected in its bosom still.

She rubbed her eyes and tilted her watch crystal around until the light reflected enough to read the dial.

Still, the rich hardwood floor reflected the weak morning sun in a cheerful manner that spawned reluctance to continue the tour.

The sun reflected across several large dents in the hood and roof.

Her lips were parted as if for kisses, her eyes large enough, he saw himself reflected in their depths.

Marble terraces and balustrades surround the tank, and a marble causeway leads across the water to the temple, whose gilded walls, roof, dome and cupolas, with vivid touches of red curtains, are reflected in the still water.

The Annales were first published in 1554, but many important passages were omitted in this edition, as they reflected on the Roman Catholics.

During the first six years of federation there were five ministries; the tenure of office under the threeyearly system was naturally uncertain, and this uncertainty was reflected in the proposals of whatever ministry was in office.

AFTERGLOW, a broad high arch of whitish or rosy light appearing occasionally in the sky above the highest clouds in the hour of deepening twilight, or reflected from the high snowfields in mountain regions long after sunset.

There was nothing in the Reformation to appeal to him, except the repudiation of papal control; and he was one of those numerous Englishmen whose views were faithfully reflected in the Six Articles.

A ray of light from a lamp is thrown on the mirror, whence it is reflected upon a white surface or scale set at a distance of about 3 ft., forming a bright spot on the surface; the slightest angular deflexion of the mirror, owing to its distance from the scale, moves the spot of light a very appreciable distance to the right or left according to the direction of the angular movement.

Could be reflected and converged by cylindrical parabolic mirrors.

7 His proposed advancement in rank was severely reflected upon in the Lords, Halifax declaring it in the king's presence the recompense of treason, "not to be borne"; and in the Commons his retirement from office by no means appeased his antagonists.

499) of combining two mural circles in the determination of the place of a single object, the one serving for direct and the other for reflected vision.

The solidarity of race or family was expressed in the old tradition reflected in Deut.

He constructed a map of as many as 576 of these lines, the principal of which he denoted by the letters of the alphabet from A to G; and by ascertaining their refractive indices he determined that their relative positions are constant, whether in spectra produced by the direct rays of the sun, or by the reflected light of the moon and planets.

The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.

He wished the institutions of the present to approximate more closely to those of the past, and devised for the new French constitution a body of reforms which reflected the opinions he had formed upon the democracy at Rome and in ancient France.

And the individuals, who acquired power or wisdom among those outside Palestine shed a reflected glory upon the nation and its Temple.

Parliament, which he had kept at arm's length, was hostile; he was hated by the nobility, and his general unpopularity is reflected in Skelton's satires and in Hall's Chronicle.

And gradually from week to week the character of each tree came out, and it admired itself reflected in the smooth mirror of the lake.

Like the wasps, before I finally went into winter quarters in November, I used to resort to the northeast side of Walden, which the sun, reflected from the pitch pine woods and the stony shore, made the fireside of the pond; it is so much pleasanter and wholesomer to be warmed by the sun while you can be, than by an artificial fire.

These bubbles are from an eightieth to an eighth of an inch in diameter, very clear and beautiful, and you see your face reflected in them through the ice.

Perhaps I shall hear a solitary loon laugh as he dives and plumes himself, or shall see a lonely fisher in his boat, like a floating leaf, beholding his form reflected in the waves, where lately a hundred men securely labored.

That smile was immediately reflected on Pierre's face.

It reflected a weak, ungraceful figure and thin face.

The soldiers, for the most part handsome fellows and, as is always the case in an artillery company, a head and shoulders taller and twice as broad as their officer--all looked at their commander like children in an embarrassing situation, and the expression on his face was invariably reflected on theirs.

Prince Andrew expressed his ideas so clearly and distinctly that it was evident he had reflected on this subject more than once, and he spoke readily and rapidly like a man who has not talked for a long time.

The look of annoyance had already disappeared from Boris' face: having evidently reflected and decided how to act, he very quietly took both Rostov's hands and led him into the next room.

The mirrors on the landing reflected ladies in white, pale-blue, and pink dresses, with diamonds and pearls on their bare necks and arms.

It was so light that he could see the moonlight reflected from the metal harness disks and from the eyes of the horses, who looked round in alarm at the noisy party under the shadow of the porch roof.

She sat a long time looking at the receding line of candles reflected in the glasses and expecting (from tales she had heard) to see a coffin, or him, Prince Andrew, in that last dim, indistinctly outlined square.

The smoke of the guns mingled with this mist, and over the whole expanse and through that mist the rays of the morning sun were reflected, flashing back like lightning from the water, from the dew, and from the bayonets of the troops crowded together by the riverbanks and in Borodino.

"Here she is, the reward for all those fainthearted men," he reflected, glancing at those near him and at the troops who were approaching and forming up.

It is very difficult for events to be reflected in their real strength and completeness amid the conditions of court life and far from the scene of action.

He reflected for a moment.

Pierre's confusion was not reflected by any confusion on Natasha's part, but only by the pleasure that just perceptibly lit up her whole face.

"Can she have loved my brother so little as to be able to forget him so soon?" she thought when she reflected on the change.

The historical figures at the head of armies, who formerly reflected the movement of the masses by ordering wars, campaigns, and battles, now reflected the restless movement by political and diplomatic combinations, laws, and treaties.

But only what was really good in him was reflected in his wife, all that was not quite good was rejected.

The expression on Felipa's face reflected both humor and interest.

As the garage door lifted, sunlight reflected off the polish she and her siblings had applied that last day of their lives.

In fact, his entire expression reflected deep concern.

His dark eyes reflected the disapproval in his tone.

The white sand reflected the hot sun back at them until they were dripping with perspiration.

The soft warm beige had a yellow highlight that reflected the evening sun.

The green gems reflected the sunshine, shimmering through the clear water.

The dual moons seemed to hover somewhere in the middle of the air of a massive chasm, just like the dozen or so hulking spaceships, whose dark grey skins reflected like skins of massive grey whales in the moonlight.

The sky was a deeper blue, the green of the spruce and pine even darker than usual against the incredible white blanket that reflected the sun so brightly one was forced to squint or wear sunglasses.

No, any disgust is toward myself, I could not bear to see it reflected in your eyes.

The bounty of New England's autumn surrounded them, and the sun reflected off the leaves as if it were playing with the tone, searching for the perfect combination of pigment.

Allowing himself to meet her eyes, he found his anguish reflected back.

The sounds of fighting grew faint and then disappeared. The stream wound through the jungle until it reached a small waterfall that fed into a massive lake whose black surface reflected the stars and moon. Katie slid down the hill beside the waterfall to the lake's edge, uncertain what to do. Gabriel hadn't mentioned the stream ending or the lake.

His dark gaze reflected concern.

The dark eyes softened, even reflected shame — and then they hardened.

In front of him, whitewashed dwellings lined wide cobbled streets and reflected brightly in the moonlight.

She was a fool, he reflected darkly.

A wry smile twisted his lips and the dark eyes reflected humor.

His eyes reflected humor that never reached his mouth.

His eyes reflected disappointment, but the smile plastered on his darkly handsome face never faltered.

The walls were of stained pine, shellacked to a glow that reflected every ray of light that entered the large windows.

She saw herself reflected in the pacing vampire.

The light scattered from small particles is of a much richer blue than the blue of the first order as reflected from a very thin plate.

If the stellar spectrograph is viewed in the focus of 0 2 and the converging rays are reflected by the prism P2 to P4, no image would be seen in the eyepiece, for the rays would pass out directly through the parallel glass plate which is formed by the cementing together of the prisms P 3 and P 4.

Albert Einstein reflected this when he famously said, "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

The bright, gentle, fanciful plays--the ones I like best now--appear not to have impressed me at first, perhaps because they reflected the habitual sunshine and gaiety of a child's life.

This is that portion, also, where in the spring, the ice being warmed by the heat of the sun reflected from the bottom, and also transmitted through the earth, melts first and forms a narrow canal about the still frozen middle.

The countess reflected a moment and took a pinch from a gold snuffbox with her husband's portrait on it.

"But be that what it may," he reflected, "there is no riding round it now.

A huge marble fireplace dominated the large family room, its image reflected on the shiny expanse of hardwood floor.

The single word was terse and the eyes reflected sincerity.

Her move toward the fire was reflected in a small mirror behind the desk in front of which he stood.

A dark form moved at the edge of the tree line and when she shined the flashlight in that direction, the light reflected off more than one pair of eyes.

The Golden Temple is so called on account of its copper dome, covered with gold foil, which shines brilliantly in the rays of the Indian sun, and is reflected back from the waters of the lake; but the building as a whole is too squat to have much architectural merit apart from its ornamentation.

Teachers of the deaf proved a priori that what Miss Sullivan had done could not be, and some discredit was reflected on her statements, because they were surrounded by the vague eloquence of Mr. Anagnos.